I've encountered what seems to be a strange little bug in the game. Whenever I use the hat pin (inventory item), the game crashes to the desktop.

I'm playing the game on XP PRO SP1 with 95 compatibility and to this point the game was running very nicely. I tried it in my 98SE machine and it does the same thing. Thanks to Len and Jenny I have a saved game to get me around this obstacle.

I was wondering if anyone else encountered this same bug, and if anyone knows of a patch or fix for this issue.

Thanks.

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You do not get Harmony, if you all sing the same note.

I followed your setup walkthrough for the Rose Tattoo and the game installed and ran fine including the sound. However, the game still crashes to the desktop when the hat pin is used. The only time I do not have this crash is when I run the game in DOS. Do you have a setup walkthrough using DOSBOX and VDM Sound to install and run this game? I'm a total novice when it comes to DOSBOX and VDM Sound, and could use your input.

Thanks

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You do not get Harmony, if you all sing the same note.

Originally posted by qadventuregames:Do you have a setup walkthrough using DOSBOX and VDM Sound to install and run this game? I'm a total novice when it comes to DOSBOX and VDM Sound, and could use your input.

Thanks

Sorry qadventuregames:

I don't use DOSBOX. But maybe metzomagic or Llewton can help you there.

Did you increase the Config.nt to files=100?The game didn't crash for me.

which video card do you have as well. and do you have any universal vesa drivers as well? VDM Sound offers minimum vesa support Which you can enable with the Launchpad. Besides this I use Univbe and uvesa.

The biggest thing is you must make sure that you run the program in full screen mode.

qadventuregames - Just to let you know, I played this game on a 98SE and there were certain parts of the game that repeatedly crashed. One was when Holmes and Watson were at the hotair balloon and tried getting into the shed. Another one was when the prostitute runs out into the street and gets killed by an oncoming carriage. The only way I was able to get past these points was by having all the saved games from Len Green (thanks you Len). Then I would play up to the point where his save was at one of these places in the game and use his save. So maybe the problem isn't playing the game in XP but a problem with the game itself.

tuesday next

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'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogroves, and the mome raths outgrabe.

Been reading the problems you've been having with the hat pin - this happened to me also at this part but I managed to get over this by pressing 'enter ' when using the hat pin instead of the mouse.Hope this helps